*Middleweight's* - Mattandbenny's Unbeaten Unsigned Prospects 2015

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Hi guys. Here is Part 3 of my 2015 unbeaten unsigned prospects - middleweight Division!

Previous 2015 versions are below
The Lightweights: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f6...s-unbeaten-unsigned-prospects-2015-a-2898125/
The Women: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f6...ys-unbeaten-unsigned-prospects-2015-a-2900173


A quick reminder of the rules as always:

1) They must be undefeated!
2) They must NOT be signed to any of the three largest promotions (UFC, Bellator & WSOF)
3) They must have fought at least once in 2014
4) They must have had at least 3 professional fights


Today is the time for the Middleweight division. In the top 10 - top 15 it is a very grapple-heavy list, with lots of good BJJ players and wrestlers. Those just missing out on the list include Markus Perez Echeimberg (4-0) (Due to being TUF Brazil 3 veteran) & Bruno Gustovic (3-0).

Girls ineligible due to inactivity included Jake Mapes (7-0), Sergey Kovalev (6-0), Jakub Stejskal (6-0), Chris Douglass (5-0), Brent Knopp (5-0), David Ury (5-0), Patrick Weikiri (5-0), Marcus Andersson (4-0), KB Bhullar (4-0), Elton Camargo (4-0) & Luke Wild (4-0)

I'd be interested to hear everyone's feedback and opinions as to who you think is ranked too high or too low etc. Also if anyone can suggest fighters that I missed out or any ages of the fighters which I couldn't find it would be appreciated.

Enjoy Part 3!

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Middleweights

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1) Oskar Piechota – 5-0-1 - Poland – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 83% (2 KO, 3 Sub, 1 Draw)
Opponent W/L: 12-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Mattia Schiavolin (9-0)
Other Details: 2nd Place in 2013 BJJ World No Gi Championships, Polish Grappling Champion, BJJ Brown Belt under Robert Drysdale, Has 2013 BJJ victory over Vinny Magalhaes

2) Marcelo Nunes – 4-0-0 - Brazil – 26 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (1 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: 2005 & 2007 BJJ World Champion, BJJ Black Belt under Robert Drysdale, 5-0 Amateur Muay Thai Record, All 4 wins in 1st round, Born in Brazil & Trains out of USA

3) Yaroslav Amosov – 10-0-0 - Ukraine – 21 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 90% (6 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Vadim Sandulitsky (5-2)
Other Details: 2013 Combat Sambo World Champion, 2013 Combat Sambo European Champion

4) Nick Pica – 4-0-0 - USA – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: 2x All-American Wrestler, California State Wrestling Champion, BJJ Purple Belt, Finished All 4 Fights

5) Maciej Rozanski – 5-0-0 - Poland – 23 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (1 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Kristian Lexell (7-3), Makhumad Muradov (5-4)
Other Accomplishments: Polish BJJ Champion, BJJ Brown Belt, Trains at Beserkers Team with Michal Materla, Karol Bedorf & Tom Narkun

6) Alberto Pereira Uda – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 86% (2 KO, 4 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 22-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 8/10
Key Wins: Thiago Rela (8-2), Richardson Moreira (5-0), Wendres Da Silva (11-5), Junior Albini (4-1), Christiano Frolich (4-1)
Other Accomplishments: N/A

7) Michal Pasternak – 11-0-0 – Poland – 30 Years Old
Signed to: One FC; Finish Ratio: 55% (3 KO, 3 Sub, 5 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 16-16; Opponent Strength Rating: 7/10
Key Wins: Rafael Silva (39-15), Hracho Darpinyan (10-5)
Other Details: Training partner of UFC fighter Krzystof Jotko

8) Neal Ewing – 5-0-0 - USA – 29 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 5-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Ricardo Juan McCall (4-0)
Other Details: Training Partner of UFC fighters Sean Spencer, Matt Hobar & Damon Jackson, Finished all 5 fights

9) Toni Markulev – 8-0-0 - Bulgaria – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (5 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Georgi Valentinov (6-2)
Other Details: 2013 Sanda Kickboxing World Champion, 2012 Sanda Kickboxing European Champion, Finished all 8 fights

10) Gustavo Henrique Kuhn – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 34 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (4 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 7-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Willian Alves (3-0)
Other Details: 18-3 Professional Muay Thai Record, Taekwando Black Belt, BJJ Purple Belt, Finished all 7 fights

11) Alessio Di Chirico – 6-0-0 – Italy – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 3-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Cristian Magro (5-2)
Other Details: Gold Medal at IMMAF World Championships 2014 at 205 pounds, 3-0 Amateur Record, Finished all 6 fights

12) Shamil Abdulaev – 3-0-0 - Russia – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 0% (0 TKO, 0 Sub, 3 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 6-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Alexey Shopavolav (9-3)
Other Accomplishments: Former Welterweight, Russian MMA Champion as Amateur

13) Eric Spicely – 5-0-0 - USA – 28 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (2 KO, 2 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Nuri Shakir (17-20)
Other Details: BJJ Brown Belt

14) Miles Anstead – 5-0-0 - Canada – 27 Years Old
Signed to: MFC; Finish Ratio: 60% (1 TKO, 2 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-9; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Jared McComb (7-3), Teddy Ash (4-1)
Other Details: 3-1 Amateur Record

15) Vitaly Bigdash – 5-0-0 - Russia – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Pro FC; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-11; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Charles Andrade (28-10), Pavel Pokatilov (12-6), Yuriy Shtembulak (3-0)
Other Details: Finished All 5 Opponents
 
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16) Hisaki Kato – 4-0-0 - Japan – 32 Years Old
Signed to: Heat; Finish Ratio: 100% (4 TKO, 0 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-8; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Yusuke Sakashita (9-4), Yuki Niimura (6-2), Yuta Nakamura (12-17)
Other Details: 2010 & 2012 Kudo Daido Juko Champion, Knocked Out All 4 Opponents, Originally Born in France

17) Julio Cesar Araujo Fernandes – 7-0-0 - Brazil – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 86% (1 TKO, 5 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 9-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Ariel Machado (6-2)
Other Details: Trains at Chute Boxe, Has 5 Submissions in 1st Round

18) Alexandre Hoffmann – 6-0-0 - Brazil – 28 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (6 TKO, 0 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 6-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Ivan Galaz (6-6)
Other Details: Knocked Out All 6 Opponents in 1st round

19) Rob Wilkinson – 7-0-0 - Australia – 22 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 4 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 10-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Gerhard Voigt (6-4), Rick Alchin (7-8)
Other Details: Finished all 7 opponents in 1st round

20) Strahinja Gavrilovic – 5-0-0 - Canada – 27 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (3 TKO, 1 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 8-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Johan Romming (9-4)
Other Accomplishments: N/A

21) Jose Aparecido Santos Gomes – 6-0-0 - Brazil – 28 Years Old
Signed to: Jungle Fight; Finish Ratio: 67% (3 TKO, 1 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 11-2; Opponent Strength Rating: 6/10
Key Wins: Walison Pereira (5-0), Luis Alexandre Funari (4-0)
Other Details: BJJ Black Belt, 4 of 6 wins in Less Than 3 minutes

22) Miles Hunsinger – 4-0-0 - USA – 24 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (1 TKO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 3-1; Opponent Strength Rating: 2/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: 3-0 Amateur Record, Protégé of Mike Pyle, Finished All 4 Fights

23) Oluwale Bamgbose – 3-0-0 - USA – 27 Years Old
Signed to: ROC; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 0 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 3-1; Opponent Strength Rating: 2/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: Trains at Xtreme Couture

24) Ferdinando Acerra – 5-0-0 - USA – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 2 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 4-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 2/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: 6-1 Amateur Record, Is a Sergeant in US Air Force

25) David Bear – 5-0-0 - France – 24 Years Old
Signed to: 100% Fight; Finish Ratio: 60% (1 TKO, 2 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 10-9; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: Rudy Sauodi (4-4)
Other Details: Training Partner of Christian M’Pumbu & Karl Amoussou

26) Derek Williams – 5-0-0 - USA – 26 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 KO, 3 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 9-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Travis Sveum (7-6)
Other Details: 14-7 Amateur Record (with 13 finishes), Finished All 5 Fights

27) Brendan Kornberger – 5-0-0 - Canada – 30 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 80% (4 TKO, 0 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 12-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Brad Stewart (7-2)
Other Details: Knocked out 4 of 5 opponents

28) Michael Beaumont – 3-0-0 - England – 25 Years Old
Signed to: UCMMA; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 0 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 9-0; Opponent Strength Rating: 5/10
Key Wins: Mark Armstrong (5-0), Alex Montagnani (5-0)
Other Details: 2-0 amateur record, Brother is Also an Undefeated MMA Fighter, Knocked out all 3 opponents

29) Umar Vakhaev – 4-0-0 - Russia – 22 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 75% (0 TKO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Submitted 3 of 4 opponents in 1st round
Other Details: Trains Out of Same Camp as UFC Fighter Ruslan Magomedov

30) Luke Wright – 3-0-0 - Australia – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (2 TKO, 1 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 7-3; Opponent Strength Rating: 4/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: 2013 Australian Golden Gloves Winner, 2-0 Amateur Record

31) Krzysztof Golec – 4-0-0 - Poland – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 50% (1 TKO, 1 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 5-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: Dan Edwards (12-11)
Other Details: N/A

32) Stoyan Dimitrov – 4-0-0 - Bulgaria – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 50% (2 TKO, 0 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 3-6; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: N/A

33) Maika Graf – 4-0-0 - USA – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (4 TKO, 0 Sub)
Opponent W/L: 2-7; Opponent Strength Rating: 3/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: Knocked out all 4 opponents in less than 3 minutes, In the US Army

34) Manuel Meraz – 5-0-0 - USA – 36 Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 60% (3 TKO, 0 Sub, 2 Dec)
Opponent W/L: 1-4; Opponent Strength Rating: 2/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Details: 6-1 Amateur Record

35) Lauro Everton Santos – 5-0-0 - Brazil – ?? Years Old
Signed to: Unsigned; Finish Ratio: 100% (3 TKO, 1 Sub, 1 DQ)
Opponent W/L: 0-5; Opponent Strength Rating: 1/10
Key Wins: N/A
Other Accomplishments: N/A

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I totally agree with your #1 pick, Oskar is ridiculous and has flown under the radar for awhile.
 
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Yea i think he'll almost certainly be fighting for a big promotion later this year. A young unbeaten middleweight that holds a no-gi BJJ win over a much larger Vinny Magalhaes... They would be silly not to sign him.
 
Another great list of prospects mattandbenny. You do a great job at this.
 
Great list man, as soon as I saw that Piechota defeated Schiavolin I knew he could be in the list but I never guessed he would be at the top ( I thought Pereira Uda will be #1).

I also think that Hisaki Kato should be in the top 10.

So Ewing and Pasternak are making the move down to MW?

Great job as always
 
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Great list man, as soon as I saw that Piechota defeated Schiavolin I knew he could be in the list but I never guessed he would be at the top ( I thought Pereira Uda will be #1).

I also think that Hisaki Kato should be in the top 10.

So Ewing and Pasternak are making the move down to MW?

Great job as always
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To be honest if Hisaki Kato was 24 years old he would probably be a top 5 guy, it was just his age that made me rank him lower - he's still a solid guy, but he really could do with being signed by a large organisation sooner rather than later. No doubt he's a great striker though.

Pasternak fought his ONE FC debut at 188 pounds, so i though it was fairer to include him at MW rather than LHW. According to tapology Ewing has fought his last 3 fights at Middleweight.
 
where'd you have Luc Bondole before he signed with Bellator?
 
Hey mattandbenny I was also expecting to see Andrew Todhunter somwhere in your list hehe
 
Girls ineligible due to inactivity included Jake Mapes (7-0), Sergey Kovalev (6-0), Jakub Stejskal (6-0), Chris Douglass (5-0), Brent Knopp (5-0), David Ury (5-0), Patrick Weikiri (5-0), Marcus Andersson (4-0), KB Bhullar (4-0), Elton Camargo (4-0) & Luke Wild (4-0)

That's some list of 'Girls' to upset.....
 
Great list. I have the privilege of being trained by your #2 Marcelo Nunes every day. He has unlimited potential and will hopefully be fighting for the UFC sometime in 2015.
 
Yandiev brothers. Abukar (27 years old) and Adam (26 years old). Abukar was signed by M-1 and will debut at M-1 Challenge 56, April 10. Both have judo base.

Abukar:

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Adam:

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